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One Thousand White Women
by Jim Fergus
This is the story of May Dodd and an assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The controversial “Brides for Indians” program, launched by the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, is intended to help assimilate the Indians into the white man’s world. Toward that end, May and her friends embark upon the adventure of their lifetime, including May’s marriage to the chief of the Cheyenne Nation. Based on an actual historical event, but told through fictional diaries. #1 in series. Paperback.